Court of Appeals, state of New York, in the matter of the application of Joseph P. McLaughlin, petitioner-appellant, against William Wilson, commissioner of the Department of Housing and Buildings of the City of New York, Joseph D. McGoldrick and Almerindo Portfolio, comptroller and treasurer, respectively, of the city of New York, defendants-respondents, in the matter of John H. Newman, petitioner-appellant, against the same, defendants-respondents, in the matter of Henry C. Wist, petitioner-appellant, against the same, defendants-respondents, in the matter of Alexander Newman, petitioner-appellant, against the same, defendants-respondents, in the matter of Edmund F. Konrady, petitioner-appellant, against the same, defendants-respondents, in the matter of George J. Northrup, petitioner-appellant, against the same, defendants-respondents, in the matter of August Nebgen, petitioner-appellant, against the same, defendants-respondents, in the matter of Charles J. Falk, petitioner-appellant, against the same, defendants-respondents, in the matter of Anthony A. McNally, petitioner-appellant, against the same, defendants-respondents, in the matter of John E. Manion, petitioner-appellant, against the same, defendants-respondents, in the matter of Louis Sweet, petitioner-appellant, against the same, defendants-respondents, in the matter of Charles Zoufaly, petitioner-appellant, against the same, defendants-respondents, in the matter of William Bartow, petitioner-appellant, against the same, defendants-respondents, in the matter of John J. Lundon, petitioner-appellant, against the same, defendants-respondents, in the matter of Harry P. Wasserman, petitioner-appellant, against the same, defendants-respondents, in the matter of Harold U. Lockwood, petitioner-appellant, against the same, defendants-respondents : notice of motion to dismiss appeals for want of jurisdiction with affidavit and supporting brief.